2. DO YOU AGREE?
In a world that’s changing really
quickly, the only strategy that is
guaranteed to fail, is not taking
risks.”
Mark Zukerberg
Creator of Facebook

3. IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE A DREAM WHERE YOU
ARE STANDING ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE.
WHAT SORT OF DREAM WOULD IT BE?
precipice
ˈprɛsɪpɪs
noun
a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.
a. An exciting one
b. A nightmare
c. An interesting one
which you
might try to interpret

4. LISTEN TO SIX PEOPLE ANSWERING THE
QUESTION…
Are you a risk taker?
How many of the speakers consider
themselves risk takers?

5. THREE PEOPLE CONSIDER THEMSELVES RISK
TAKERS
2 women
1 man

6. GO TO PAGE 38
Read the questions before we
listen again.

7. ANSWERS TO EXERCISE C
Speaker 1 says some activities are enjoyable
because they are a bit risky
Speaker 2 thinks that her attitude to risk is
different from what it was before
Speaker 3 thinks that taking risks means
losing control
Speaker 4 worries about her personal safety
Speaker 5 does something that most people
think of as risky but which he says is not

8. CORRECT THESE SENTENCES:
Speaker 1
Would risk taking her appearance e.g her nose and she’d take risks when
travelling.
Speaker 2. takes risks doing things he doesn’t enjoy e.g skiing or cycling.
He wouldn’t take a risk if he didn’t fget any enjoyment out of it.
Speaker 3. Would risk going to a restaurant without having booked in
advance. She would risk buying clothes online
Speaker 4. She would risk taking a taxi home alone or walking. She
wouldn’t risk bungee jumping.
Speaker 5. Thinks mountain climbing is risky. His biggest risk was leaving
his job 10 years ago.
Speaker 6 drives slowly. Gambles and went on an aeroplane ride.

9. STUDENTS A AND B
Students A interview student B with
the red questions
Students B interview A with the blue
questions.
PUT R in the circles you think your
partner would take risks in

10. WHO IS THE BIGGER
RISK TAKER?

11. GRAMMAR ZERO AND FIRST CONDITIONALS
AKA: The real conditional
Look at the sentences
halves in exercise 2.
Try and match them

12. ANSWERS
1.B
2.. D
3. C
4.. G
5. F
6. E
7. H
8. A

13. Look at the highlighted verbs.
In 1st conditiona sentences and future time
clauses. What forms or tenses can you
use
a.) After if, when, etc (1-8)?
b)In the main clause. (A-H)?

14. Look at the highlighted verbs.
In 1st conditiona sentences and future time
clauses. What forms or tenses can you
use
a.) After if, when, etc (1-8)? Any present
tense…present simple, continuous,
perfect
b)In the main clause. (A-H)? Any future
form…will, going to, present continuous
(for future meaning), future perfect,
future continuous or an imperative.

15. THEY REFER TO THINGS THAT ALWAYS HAPPEN.

16. SO…
Take a few moments to check over your
homework
Then lets check together.
Drill.

17. 0 CONDITIONAL
Is used to generalize or give facts
Although they are usually based on
present tenses they can be used in the
past
If people didn’t have money, they wouldn’t
eat.

18. FIRST CONDITIONAL
If + present simple, future
BUT a wide variety of tenses is possible, including, the future
continuous/perfect.
Although the present tense is used after IF, it has a future meaning.

19. FUTURE TIME CLAUSES
A FUTURE TENSE CAN NEVER BE USED AFTER IF or AFTER
When,
As soon as
Until
Unless
Before
After
In case

20. CORRECT…?
I’ll be ready as soon as I’ll have a
shower
I’ll have dinner as soon as I’ll get
home
We’ll probably be watching the world
cup when you’ll arrive.

21. SENTENCE HALVES
In groups 2 each table
Put the cards face down
One person is the secretary
Each group picks up a card and together they decide on a way to
finish the sentence correctly. Then the secretary writes out the
sentence and takes it to the teacher who checks the sentence. If
correct= 1 point if not they must re-write it.
You have 10 minutes
The pair with the most correct wins

22. WH AUDEN